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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

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Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

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Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

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Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

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Matsui, others unveil charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

TOKYO, Japan - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) and current Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R) pose at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to announce a plan to hold a "Tomodachi Charity Baseball Game" next March for children in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. Flanked by Matsui and Hara is Toru Arai, president of confectioner Morinaga & Co. which will cosponsor the event

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Honda's return to F1 is on track, Arai says

SUZUKA, Japan - Yasuhisa Arai, head of Honda Motor Co.'s F1 project, speaks at a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 3, 2014. He said the plan to provide an engine for Britain's McLaren is proceeding smoothly for the 2015 Formula One World Championship. Honda last competed in F1 in 2008.

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Toyobo develops new wadding material

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 3, 2014, shows wadding material named "Grain Geran" for clothes and bedclothes developed jointly by Toyobo STS Co., a Toyobo Co. subsidiary, and Kyoto-based ARAI Co. The material is hoped to be a boon to the making of clothes and bedclothes given skyrocketing prices of feathers due to a supply shortage caused by an outbreak of avian flu.

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Showa Shell to build 3rd solar cell plant

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Arai (R), president of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., speaks during a news conference with Chairman Shigeya Kato in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009. They announced that wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen to beef up its solar cell business.

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Gov't orders Nippon Life to correct business practices

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Arai (3rd from L), vice president of Nippon Life Insurance Co., and other officials bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on July 26 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the life insurer to correct business practices.

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Arai-Gumi, Konoike agree on capital, operational tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Shojiro Hanafusa, president of midsize general contractor Arai-Gumi Ltd., speaks at a press conference at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Aug. 30 about the company's rehabilitation plan involving a tie-up with Konoike Construction Co.

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Agricultural insurance federation to tie up with Kyoei

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Ozawa (L), president of Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Shoichi Arai, chairman of the National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17. They announced the two sides have reached an agreement to jointly develop new insurance products in what would be the first tie-up between the federation and another insurer.

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Lawmaker Arai's body returns home

The sheet-covered body of lawmaker Shokei Arai, who hanged himself at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 19 amid allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay illicit profits, is carried home. Seatedat right is his wife, Mariko.

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Lawmaker Arai meets press

Shokei Arai, a House of Representatives member belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 18 and denies allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay him illicit profits. Prosecutors were poised to arrest him on suspicion of violating the Securities and Exchange Law.

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Gov't orders Nippon Life to correct business practices

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Arai (3rd from L), vice president of Nippon Life Insurance Co., and other officials bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on July 26 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the life insurer to correct business practices. (Kyodo)

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Arai-Gumi, Konoike agree on capital, operational tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Shojiro Hanafusa, president of midsize general contractor Arai-Gumi Ltd., speaks at a press conference at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Aug. 30 about the company's rehabilitation plan involving a tie-up with Konoike Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Sumitomo Mitsui punished over tilting condo

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. President Hideo Arai (front) bows to express apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2016, as his company was punished by the infrastructure ministry over the issue of the tilting condominium in Yokohama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda leader for McLaren-Honda F1 team meets press in Melbourne

Yasuhisa Arai, head of the Honda Motor Co. side of the McLaren-Honda Formula One team, meets the press after the opening day of the three-day Australian Grand Prix race in Melbourne on March 13, 2015. It is the first F1 race for McLaren-Honda in 23 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Honda's return to F1 is on track, Arai says

SUZUKA, Japan - Yasuhisa Arai, head of Honda Motor Co.'s F1 project, speaks at a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 3, 2014. He said the plan to provide an engine for Britain's McLaren is proceeding smoothly for the 2015 Formula One World Championship. Honda last competed in F1 in 2008. (Kyodo)

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Showa Shell to build 3rd solar cell plant

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Arai (R), president of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., speaks during a news conference with Chairman Shigeya Kato in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009. They announced that wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen to beef up its solar cell business. (Kyodo)

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Agricultural insurance federation to tie up with Kyoei

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Ozawa (L), president of Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Shoichi Arai, chairman of the National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17. They announced the two sides have reached an agreement to jointly develop new insurance products in what would be the first tie-up between the federation and another insurer.

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Lawmaker Arai's body returns hom

The sheet-covered body of lawmaker Shokei Arai, who hanged himself at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 19 amid allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay illicit profits, is carried home. Seated at right is his wife, Mariko. ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker Arai meets press

Shokei Arai, a House of Representatives member belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 18 and denies allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay him illicit profits. Prosecutors were poised to arrest him on suspicion of violating the Securities and Exchange Law ==Kyodo

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LDP legislator Arai testifies at

Shokei Arai, 50, a Finance Ministry bureaucrat-turned lower house lawmaker, testifies Jan. 30 at the House of Representatives Budget Committee over illegal discretionary trading deals on his behalf by Nikko Securities Co.